You said it... if you're under 25, this is the time to shine at the races!

Yes, it is terrible about Sven. I am really wishing him well. He crashed at the Giro, and now he's crashed at the Tour. Hopefully, he'll be better for Worlds and maybe make a bid for the Olympic team for Switzerland? Unless they've picked the team already, of course.

Lance was at the very front of the main group as the leaders were about 7 seconds clear with a few km's to go. I was thinking if it all came back together then, would he have attacked.

Before all you 99'rs start poo pooing this, realize it was a very difficult finish, those gradients were splitting the field all to hell. It was much like a one day classic, with a finish that played to the strongest and smartest. The narrow, twisty roads would have made it hard for anyone who missed the attack to get out of the bunch to join it.

He would have had a 12 second bonus for the win, and kept out of any crashes.

If you look how shattered the bunch was when they came in, it obvious the last few KM's were tough tough tough.